Past Dispatches:
When your love for plants can’t be contained ❀
Lana Williams on pivoting her career from painter to plantswoman.
The future of food is relational ❂
LinYee Yuan on how to design and build more resilient local food ecologies.
Inside the alien mind of a plant 🌱
Zoë Schlanger’s thrilling dive into the cutting-edge study of plant intelligence.
Q+A: Can we have fireflies in our yard, but no ticks?🍂
The ins and outs of “leaving the leaves,” plus a peek at our new rock pit.
Untangling our knotweed problem ➰
What most needs remediation: Invasive plants, or capitalism?
Sensing towards subversion ∞
Yasaman Sheri invites you to walk and ferment as a way to feel more embodied in the living world.
Q&A: Am I being lazy? 🤷🏼♀️
On entering “experimental mode” and doing easy—plus a playlist for you.
A suburban lawn can be a garden ❁
Designer Elana Schlenker on transforming her Pittsburgh yard into an ecological oasis.
Making hope, healing with fire ◐
Mekdela Maskal on repairing our relationship with the natural world.
Imagining a garden ✿
A nudge to get growing this year, and the beginnings of a new series.
The day I cried over worms 🪱
On infestation, remediation, and “solastalgia” as a personal experience of climate grief.
How to locate yourself within ecosystems of transformation 〰️
Strategist Jungwon Kim brings a holistic, mindful approach to building what comes next.
Rotting as therapy for capitalism ❁
For Cassie Marketos, composting is a way to achieve both environmental and emotional resilience.
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